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Turanite

Mineral:

Turanite: Cu5(VO4)2(OH)4

Comments:

The holotype specimen of botryodal, olive green turanite (#3578) in a cavite in white barite from the collection of the Fersman Mineralogical Museum (Moscow, Russia). (CanMin, v 42, p732).

Location:

Tyuya-Muyun Ra-U deposit, the Alai Ridge foothills, Osh district, Kyrgyzstan.

Scale:

Specimen size 4.5 x 7.5 cm.

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